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Malnutrition Week ANZ is September 8-12!
ASPEN in the News 09.02.2025
Dietitian Connection, society partner of ASPEN, is hosting their annual Malnutrition Week ANZ campaign from September 8 to 12, 2025.
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Honoring Dr. Albert Barrocas: 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina
ASPEN Update 08.29.2025
ASPEN honors Dr. Albert Barrocas on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for his leadership in providing critical nutrition support to patients during the disaster.
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Elimination Diets Call for Caution and Adaptation: Pharmacist Role
ASPEN in the News 08.26.2025
Adapted from Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, this article underscores pharmacists’ role in guiding patients to diets that may help treat GI disorders.
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One Month to Go: ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week
ASPEN Update 08.07.2025
Malnutrition Awareness Week is an annual campaign organized by ASPEN to provide healthcare professionals with tools for identifying and treating malnutrition in their patients. MAW will be held from September 8–12, 2025.
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Supporting Nutrition Patients Throughout Their Treatment Path: GI Focus
ASPEN in the News 07.30.2025
The Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News article is a revised version of an earlier piece from Pharmacy Practice News, tailored for a GI audience. It reinforces key ASPEN25 takeaways on multidisciplinary collaboration and patient-family engagement to ensure effective nutrition care across treatment transitions.
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Safe Home PN Often Hinges on Checking Prescriber Accuracy
ASPEN in the News 07.25.2025
The Pharmacy Practice News article, based on an ASPEN25 session, emphasizes that the safety of home parenteral nutrition (HPN) relies heavily on infusion pharmacies thoroughly verifying prescriber orders—particularly electrolyte dosing, compatibility, and formula accuracy—to compensate for prescribers’ limited PN experience.
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4 Key Categories for Managing PN-Associated Hyperglycemia
ASPEN in the News 07.25.2025
The Pharmacy Practice News article, based on an ASPEN25 session, presents a four‑pronged framework for managing PN‑associated hyperglycemia, including tailored insulin strategies, dextrose adjustment, lipid monitoring, and co‑morbid condition management. It underscores the importance of proactive glycemic control in PN regimens to mitigate risks and promote better outcomes.
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Spread the Word Tools for MAW 2025
ASPEN Update 07.24.2025
Download free resources to help increase awareness of malnutrition.
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Join the MAW 2025 Ambassador Program
ASPEN Update 07.17.2025
It’s not too late to join the MAW ambassador program! Professional medical organizations or medical advocacy/special interest groups can sign up to be ambassadors until August 1.
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2 Tools for Assessing the Validity of Online Content
ASPEN in the News 07.16.2025
This Specialty Pharmacy Continuum article, based on insights from an ASPEN25 session, highlights two practical tools that help clinicians evaluate the credibility of online health content—the CRAP Test and the SIFT Model.
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IVIG May Improve Nutritional Status in Patients With Refractory Dysmortility
ASPEN in the News 07.11.2025
An article in Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News, based on a session from ASPEN25, discusses intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy as a potential option for patients with severe, treatment-resistant gastrointestinal disorders.
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Increase Malnutrition Awareness in Your Community
ASPEN Update 07.09.2025
Contact your local legislator to highlight malnutrition as a key issue in your community and request a proclamation for Malnutrition Awareness Week.
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Study Supports Enteral Nutrition for Patients With Acute Pancreatitis
ASPEN in the News 07.01.2025
This article in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News covers an ASPEN25 session showing early enteral nutrition is safer, more effective, and cheaper than parenteral nutrition for acute pancreatitis.
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Filling the Malnutrition Screening Gap in Ambulatory Cancer Clinics
ASPEN in the News 06.23.2025
This Clinical Oncology article, based on an ASPEN25 session, highlights the need for more malnutrition testing in the outpatient oncology setting to improve patient outcomes.
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Get Ready for ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week
ASPEN Update 06.16.2025
Malnutrition Awareness Week is an annual campaign organized by ASPEN to provide healthcare professionals with tools for identifying and treating malnutrition in their patients. MAW will be held from September 8–12, 2025.
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Supporting Nutrition Patients Throughout Their Treatment Path: Pharmacist Focus
ASPEN in the News 06.14.2025
Article from Pharmacy Practice News based on an ASPEN25 session highlights the importance of coordinating care among multidisciplinary teams, with patient and family input, for successful nutrition transitions.
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Honoring the Memory of Dr. Albert Bothe, Jr.
ASPEN Update 06.12.2025
Dr. Bothe is remembered for his service as ASPEN president and for deftly combining management and organizational perspectives with surgical skills and passionate patient care.
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Celebrating 50 Years of ASPEN
ASPEN Update 06.05.2025
Today, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) proudly celebrates 50 years of advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism.
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Dr. Kathleen Gura to Lead ASPEN Board of Directors
ASPEN Update 06.02.2025
Today, Kathleen Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FPPA, FASPEN, FMSHP, assumes the duties as the 49th president of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) for the 2025–2026 term.
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Elimination Diets Call for Caution and Adaptation
ASPEN in the News 06.02.2025
A Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News article, based on insights from an ASPEN25 session, highlights the complexities of elimination diets for gastrointestinal disorders.
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Nutrition in the ICU: A Delicate Balance
ASPEN in the News 05.27.2025
The article highlights an ASPEN25 session where experts emphasized that enteral nutrition (EN) can be safely initiated in hemodynamically unstable ICU patients on vasopressors through careful interdisciplinary assessment. Key considerations include evaluating vasopressor dose, mean arterial pressure, lab values, and GI symptoms. ASPEN guidelines and session panelists underscored the need for a collaborative, individualized approach to minimize the risk of bowel ischemia while meeting nutrition goals.
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Modern PN Practice Leaves the “Wild West” Behind
ASPEN in the News 05.12.2025
The article points out that until the 2000s, there were no formal guidelines or automation of procedures to help pharmacists compound parenteral nutrition. While these resources are now available, compounding nutrition support is being cut out of curricula, leading to a gap in training for healthcare professionals and potentially affecting patient care.
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ASPEN Statement on Contaminants in Infant Formula
Nutrition Update 04.16.2025
ASPEN is aware of concerns about contaminants in many infant formulas available in the US market. These concerns could potentially influence clinical practice, caregiver decisions, and advice given to consumers.
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Nutritional Wellness to Prevent Worsening of Liver Disease
ASPEN in the News 04.04.2025
Experts at the ASPEN24 conference emphasized the importance of personalized nutrition in preventing liver diseases, highlighting specific dietary strategies for conditions like MASLD and Wilson’s disease.
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Tips for Avoiding Medication-Related Feeding Tube Clogs Discussed at ASPEN Conference
ASPEN in the News 04.01.2025
At the ASPEN25 conference, Mark Klang, RPh, BCNSP, PhD, FASPEN, shared strategies to prevent medication-related feeding tube clogs.
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Plan Ahead for Ongoing PN Component Shortages
ASPEN in the News 03.26.2025
A session at ASPEN25 highlighted strategies for managing parenteral nutrition (PN) shortages in home infusion, emphasizing proactive planning, multidisciplinary teamwork, and clear communication. Kristy Feeney, RD, CNSC, recommended tools like checklists, detailed records, manufacturer resources, and ASPEN’s PN Product Shortages & Disruptions webpage to support clinicians and ensure patient care continuity.
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Monitoring Malnutrition Vital in Ambulatory Cancer Clinics
ASPEN in the News 03.25.2025
Pharmacy Practice News covers an ASPEN25 session on the vital need for monitoring malnutrition in ambulatory cancer clinics.
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Pharmacist Support Still Needed for Nutrition Compounding
ASPEN in the News 03.24.2025
Pharmacy Practice News highlights an ASPEN25 session that reflects on 50 years of progress in parenteral nutrition. It emphasizes that despite advancements, there is a need to reintroduce the compounding of parenteral nutrition into pharmacist training.
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Optimizing Care for Patients Requiring Parenteral Nutrition: Spotlight on Pediatrics
ASPEN in the News 03.20.2025
In this Pharmacy Practice News special report, ASPEN member Debora Duro, MD, MS, reviews the available options for PN with pediatric-specific indications and ASPEN guidelines to assist clinicians in the safe and efficacious use of PN in pediatric patients.
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Nutrition: A Key Component of IBD Treatment
ASPEN in the News 03.13.2025
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News highlights an ASPEN webinar on the essential role of nutrition in managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Parenteral Nutrition Therapy: Assessment Tools and Guidelines
ASPEN in the News 03.12.2025
Article by ASPEN members in Pharmacy Practice News on nutrition assessment, requirements for PN formulation design, medication compatibility, and guidance for specific diseases.
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ASPEN Panel Urges Providers to Learn More About Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery
ASPEN in the News 02.18.2025
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News highlights an ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week webinar that stressed the risk of malnutrition after bariatric surgery and the need for clinicians to monitor nutrient deficiencies like B12, iron, and vitamin D.
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Enhancing PN Safety Amid Ongoing Shortages
ASPEN in the News 02.08.2025
Pharmacy Practice News article references ASPEN’s 2022 Critical Care Nutrition Guidelines and the ASHP/ASPEN Nutrition Support Certificate.
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Alcresta Therapeutics Announces FDA Expanded Use Clearance for RELiZORB® (iMMOBILIZED LIPASE) Cartridge…
Nutrition Update 01.15.2025
The FDA has approved expanding RELiZORB® use for children as young as 1. RELiZORB, a digestive enzyme cartridge mimicking pancreatic lipase, was evaluated using real-world data from 1- to 2-year-olds using it with enteral formula. It’s now approved for children aged 1 and up.
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Safety, Care Transitions Cited in ASPEN Survey
ASPEN in the News 01.10.2025
The article from Pharmacy Practice News summarizes a Malnutrition Awareness Week webinar on barriers to nutrition support. It highlights findings from ASPEN surveys on access to PN, includes a patient’s perspective, and offers strategies for improving access.
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Addressing Barriers to Nutrition Support
ASPEN in the News 01.10.2025
Presenters at ASPEN’s Malnutrition Awareness Week 2024, Maisy Cyr, a patient advocate, and Linda Lord, a nurse practitioner, discussed how providers can help patients overcome barriers to accessing nutrition support, coping with shortages, legislation to address nutrition access barriers, and preparing the IV solution supply chain for natural disasters.
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Dr. Gil Hardy to Receive ASPEN Champion Award
ASPEN Update 12.02.2024
Dr. Hardy is an emeritus professor of clinical nutrition at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. He will receive the Champion Award at the ASPEN 2025 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
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Practice Tool on Use of Imported Glucose 50% Injection
Product Shortage 12.02.2024
ASPEN has produced this new practice tool to support clinicians in the conversion from Dextrose Injection USP to Glucose 50% Injection. It includes case studies for practice.
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Forgotten in the IV shortage? Patients Who Need it to Eat
ASPEN in the News 11.05.2024
A Union-Bulletin article highlights Beth Gore, the CEO of Oley and mother of Manny, who is among the 40,000 people in the US dependent solely on parenteral nutrition and affected by the IV shortages brought on by Hurricane Helene and the closing of home infusion services.
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Helene and CVS Land Double Whammy for 25,000 Patients Who Survive on IV Nutrition
ASPEN in the News 10.18.2024
The Kaiser Health News article highlights the impact of Hurricane Helene and CVS’s closure of infusion services on patients. It includes insights from ASPEN members, Drs. David Seres, Manpreet Mundi, and Kathy Gura.
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Baxter Announces Disrupted Site Operations and Need for Product Allocations in the Devastation of Hurric…
Product Shortage 10.02.2024
Hurricane Helene has disrupted operations at Baxter’s North Cove, NC facility. Baxter has announced product allocations and recommends urgent product management and conservation actions.
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ASPEN Honors the Memory of Its 26th President, W. Frederick “Fritz” Schwenk II, MD, CM, FASPEN
ASPEN Update 09.25.2024
Dr. Schwenk, who died on September 22, is remembered for his many contributions to the advancement of clinical nutrition and patient care and his service as ASPEN president and president of the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation.
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Murphy, Bonamici Introduce Bicameral Resolution Designating Malnutrition Awareness Week
ASPEN Update 09.21.2024
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House and Senate Resolutions Designating September 16-20, 2024, as Malnutrition Awareness Week
ASPEN Update 09.20.2024
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Feeding Challenges in the ICU: Avoiding Necrosis and Other Risks
ASPEN in the News 09.13.2024
This article in Pharmacy Practice News discusses an ASPEN24 session that featured ASPEN members using a case-based approach to illustrate feeding challenges for some of the most difficult-to-treat ICU patients.
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Malnutrition Awareness Week 2024 – What to Know
ASPEN in the News 09.09.2024
This video is from the MAW ambassador, the Florida Cancer Specialist & Research Institute, highlighting their participation in MAW.
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Can Nutritional Wellness Keep Liver Disease at Bay?
ASPEN in the News 08.29.2024
This article highlights an ASPEN24 session in which session presenters discussed ways nutrition support can decrease the risk for adverse outcomes in patients with complex liver disease and decrease the need for liver transplants.
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Baxter Releases Urgent Medical Device Correction for ExactaMix & ExactaMix Pro Compounders
Product Shortage 08.29.2024
Baxter released an urgent medical device correction due to increased reports of particulate matter in the ACD inlets used with the ExactaMix and ExactaMix Pro compounders. The letter emphasizes ASPEN’s recommendation that all PN admixtures be filtered using a 1.2-micron filter.
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Why Y-Site: Rx Compatibility Issues for Parenteral Nutrition
ASPEN in the News 08.23.2024
A new Pharmacy Practice News article, Why Y-Site: Rx Compatibility Issues for Parenteral Nutrition, highlights concern when administering medications with parenteral nutrition admixtures through the Y-site due to potential stability and compatibility issues.
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Can Nutritional Wellness Keep Liver Disease at Bay?
ASPEN in the News 08.23.2024
In a new article, Pharmacy Practice News features an ASPEN24 session in which ASPEN members discussed ways nutrition support can decrease the risk for adverse outcomes in patients with complex liver disease.
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Unregulated Infusion Spas Deemed Hazardous Compounders
ASPEN in the News 08.15.2024
A recent Specialty Pharmacy Continuum article references a 2022 statement from the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), ASPEN, and other associations, expressing concerns about unregulated infusion spas.
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Strategies for Managing Nutritional Complications of Novel Cancer Therapies
ASPEN in the News 08.13.2024
A new Pharmacy Practice News article highlights an ASPEN24 session that focused on the nutritional complications associated with newer cancer therapies such as ICI agents, allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and HIPEC.
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Perrigo Issues Voluntary Recall of One Batch of Premium Infant Formula with Iron Milk-Based Powder Due t…
Product Shortage 08.08.2024
Perrigo has issued a voluntary recall of one batch of Premium Infant Formula with Iron Milk-Based Powder due to elevated levels of Vitamin D. This recall impacts 16,500 cans shipped to H-E-B Grocery Company in TX and CVS locations in multiple states.
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Use Barcode Scanning to Prevent Errors with Enteral Nutrition Feedings
ASPEN in the News 08.08.2024
In a recent Institute for Safe Medication Practices article, ISMP raises awareness about the role of barcode scanning in preventing patients from receiving the wrong enteral nutrition formula, modular fortifier, human milk, or expired or recalled feeding components.
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Malnutrition Is Endemic to IBD, but Can Be Managed
ASPEN in the News 07.27.2024
In a recent article, Pharmacy Practice News highlights an ASPEN24 session that emphasized the importance of diet and nutritional therapy for IBD patients and underscores the need to screen every IBD patient for malnutrition risk.
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When Feeding ICU Patients, Make It Personal
ASPEN in the News 07.26.2024
In a recent article, Pharmacy Practice News highlights an ASPEN24 session that discussed the timing of enteral nutrition initiation in critically ill ICU patients, restricted versus standard calorie intake, high or usual-dose protein, and more.
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Individualized, Interdisciplinary Nutrition Care Needed in Pancreatitis, Pancreas Surgery Patients
ASPEN in the News 07.11.2024
This article in Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News covers an ASPEN24 session that focuses on providing individualized, interdisciplinary nutrition care for patients who have experienced severe acute pancreatitis or have undergone a pancreatectomy.
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Disruptions in Availability of BD BACTEC Blood Culture Media Bottles – Letter to Health Care Provi…
Product Shortage 07.10.2024
The FDA has issued an update regarding a shortage of blood culture media bottles, essential for testing patients for sepsis. This shortage is particularly concerning for patients on home parenteral nutrition (PN) with a central venous catheter (CVC).
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Solving the Nutrition–Drug Interactions Puzzle
ASPEN in the News 07.07.2024
This Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News article highlights a session from ASPEN24 emphasizing that many of the immunosuppressive medications commonly used for recipients of solid-organ transplants have known interactions with nutrients and nutrition support.
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Parenteral Nutrition Should Never Be a Risk Factor for Vitamin Deficiencies
ASPEN in the News 07.03.2024
A recent article in Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News highlights the importance of multivitamins for patients receiving parenteral nutrition.
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Diagnosing Malnutrition: AAIM or GLIM?
ASPEN in the News 06.25.2024
In a Today’s Dietitian article, ASPEN member Jennifer Doley, MBA, RD, CNSC, FAND, compares the key similarities and differences between two diagnostic criteria for malnutrition: AAIM and GLIM.
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Addressing Exocrine Insufficiencies in Pancreatitis Patients
ASPEN in the News 06.21.2024
A new Pharmacy Practice News article covers an ASPEN24 session that emphasizes tailored nutrition support for patients with severe acute pancreatitis or those who have undergone pancreatectomy.
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Dr. Charlene Compher to Lead the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation
ASPEN Update 06.05.2024
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Nutrition: Malnutrition and Transitions of Care
ASPEN in the News 06.04.2024
A recent article in Today’s Geriatric Medicine highlights a webinar from MAW23 that addressed gaps in care for malnourished hospitalized patients and offered strategies for healthcare professionals across various settings to better support these individuals.
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Dr. Ajay Jain Takes the Helm of ASPEN’s 2024-2025 Board of Directors
ASPEN Update 06.03.2024
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Research on HIV transmission through breastfeeding spurs update to AAP guidance
Nutrition Update 05.20.2024
A new study highlights advancements in preventing HIV transmission through breastfeeding.
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Eating Disorders, Vitamin D and Hypophosphatemia
ASPEN in the News 05.19.2024
Pharmacy Practice News recently published an article on eating disorders, vitamin D, and hypophosphatemia. In the article, ASPEN member Steven W. Plogsted, PharmD, offers a pharmacist’s perspective on these important topics.
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Parenteral Nutrition Should Never Be a Risk Factor for Vitamin Deficiencies
ASPEN in the News 05.16.2024
Pharmacy Practice News discusses the importance of multivitamins in PN patients. ASPEN members explain how providers can mitigate patient harm by recognizing disease states and scenarios that increase deficiency risk.
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A Formula for Taking HPN on the Road
ASPEN in the News 05.15.2024
Pharmacy Practice News shares the story of Tate League, a young boy on home parenteral nutrition (HPN). With his interprofessional nutrition team, led by ASPEN member Dr. Ruba Abdelhadi, Tate joined his family on trips to Alaska, London, and Italy.
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Baxter Secures FDA Approval of Clinolipid (Lipid Injectable Emulsion) Neonatal and Pediatric Indication
Nutrition Update 05.13.2024
Baxter International Inc. has announced the FDA approval of Clinolipid (lipid injectable emulsion) for use in neonatal and pediatric patients.
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Adopt a Multifaceted Approach to PN Safety
ASPEN in the News 04.25.2024
In a new article, Adopt a Multifaced Approach to PN Safety, Pharmacy Purchasing & Products credits ASPEN as the premier source for PN-related safety references.
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ASPEN Surveys Shine Light on PN Issues For Providers, Patients
ASPEN in the News 04.08.2024
A new Pharmacy Practice News article, ASPEN Surveys Shine Light on PN Issues For Providers, Patients, references an #ASPEN24 session that featured Jay Mirtallo and Beth Gore, who discussed last year’s PN access survey and their results, recently published in NCP.
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Parenteral Nutrition Therapy: Assessment Tools and Guidelines
ASPEN in the News 03.21.2024
Updated by ASPEN members Jay Mirtallo, Phil Ayers, Stephanie Cutrell, and Zachary Allen, this article from Pharmacy Practice News provides nutrition support resources for patients at risk for malnutrition.
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Nestlé Health Science Update on Vivonex® Pediatric Powder
Product Shortage 03.18.2024
Nestlé Health Science has recently provided an update on Vivonex® Pediatric Powder.
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ASPEN is a Proud 2024 National Nutrition Month Ambassador
ASPEN Update 03.01.2024
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